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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Unlikely Friendships for Kids....Review & Give Away!

In our home we are big animal lovers. My children love to visit animals in the shelter, learn about new animal friends and reading books about animals. When Workman Publishing sent over 2 books from the Unlikely Friendships for Kids series I was delighted. These books are exactly the kind of stories my children love! The series for adults (by Jennifer S. Holland) had already been a huge hit spending lost of time on the New York Times bestseller list so could not wait to dig into the children's series with my three kiddos. Here is some background....

Unlikely Friendshipsis a phenomenon. It’s a runaway New York Times
bestseller with more than 260,000 copies in print in less than half a
year; a book with its compelling message of hope and friendship and
differences overcome. Temple Grandin called it “. . . amazing. It shows
the power of friendship.”

Now Unlikely Friendships is rewritten for younger readers: Unlikely Friendships for Kids,
a series of hardcover chapter books for children, ages seven and up.
Here are three collections each with five of the clearest, most
interesting stories from the original book, like the monkey and the dove
or the leopard and the cow. Chapter books give young readers a strong
sense of accomplishment, and these heartwarming animal stories, with
their incredible photographs and inexplicable mysteries of attraction,
their focus on friendship, love, and the ways that creatures of all
different species can find common bonds of affection, will keep kids
turning the pages to find out about the unusual ways animals help each
other and discover the love of new friends.

Each is a perfect gift for young animal lovers, and a lovely subject to help kids get reading.

These stories are fantastic! Each book has five short stories of real life animal friendships between the most unlikely of pairs. A dog and a pig? An iguana and a cat? An elephant and a dog? Check, check and check! Each story is accompanied by adorable photographs. The font is also large making it easy for early readers and tired mommy eyes! My children really loved all the books but were particularly fond of the story of a black cat who befriended a black bear.

I highly recommend this darling series for all children. It is well written and heartwarming making it a super choice for a bedtime (or any time!) read. Pick up the whole series on Amazon.....
I am so pleased to tell you that Workman Publishing will be giving one lucky RBM reader all three of the Unlikely Friendships for Kids books.....The Monkey and the Dove, The Dog and the Piglet and The Leopard and the Cow. Thanks so much to the sponsor and here is how to enter......
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